memories came floating in today

base housing, mountain home idaho 1965-66. six years old, magnolia st., big back garden. fighter jets flying over so very low, sonic boom! popcicle stick boat races inthe gutter. finding 20 four leaf clovers in one day, pressed them all in my childrens bible.dad paid me a dollar for mowing the lawn, as soon as igot paid i was on my bike as fast as i could down to the little shop to exchange my shinny quarters for a bag full of candy. sat out under the tree in the back yard with a big smile. tarzan movies on a saturday afternoon at the base cinema, i wished so much to be tarzan.i always knew what to do if a crock got a hold of me. thanks to the tarzan films. me and some of the other kids were planning an escape from school grounds we were going to california to try and find the yeti that had been spooted there. used to catch horned toads( we use to call them horny toads), grasshoppers, and butterflies. bar b ques and squadron picnics at strike dam. learned how to fish here in idaho. caught my limit first time out. 15 rainbow trout, somewhere up near trinity lakes. felt like a little man putting food on the table.